Jewelry box



' J. R. DEAN JEWELRY BOX Filed Feb. 5, 1938 July 22, 1941.

INVENTUR WM I T f m n John Patented July 22 1941 2,250,433 JEWELRY BoxJohn Renfrew Dean, Buffalo, N. Y., assignor to Warner ewel'ry CaseCompany, Buffalo, N.

Application February 5, 1938, Serial No. 188,970 8 Claims. crane-75).This invention relates to a jewelry box and has particular reference toan ornamental display box which is molded from resinous or other plasticmaterial. been so constructed as to necessitate the ornamentation beinginterrupted to avoid marring the same where the box cover closed uponthe body. The previous designs of plastic boxes have followed more orless closely those fabricated from cardboard, wood or metal which werepainted or coveredwith plush or other finishing material necessary topresent a pleasing appearance.

With the advent of the box molded from a resinous product or similarplastic, it has been possible to mold the surface ornamentationconcurrently with the forming of the box and thereafter wipe orotherwise apply surface coloring to the ornamented areas.

The present invention has for its object to provide a box in which thesurface ornamentation is adequately protected against marring uponopening and closing the cover and thereby preserve the appearance andbeauty of the. box indefinitely.

The invention further has for its aim to provide a box in which surfacesor areas to which the ornamentation is applied may be materiallyincreased for enhancing the display efiect of the box or case withrespect to the displayed jewelry.

In the drawing depicting one embodiment of the present invention Figs. 1and 2 are respectively side and front elevations of a box constructed inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the box illustrating inbroken lines the cover in elevated or opened position;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View thereof;

Figs. 5 and 6 are top and bottom plan views of the box and cover,respectively; and

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of a modified form of box body.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral l designates thebody and 2 the cover of the box, the two being connected by the hinge 3,the leaves of which are anchored by fitting the same in recesses '4 and5 of the body and cover.

The body is formed with side walls 6 which extend upwardly within theclosed cover to elevate the jewelry supporting pad or pillow 1 foreffective display of the jewelry, the side walls The side walls 5 areexteriorly ornamented, as

Boxes of prior designs have at 9, for enhancing the display effect andthis ornamentation is carried around the front of the box, as indicatedat ll].

. Adjacent the base of each side wall is a shoulder ll on which the sideedges I2 of the cover restwhen in a box closing position, the coverbeing urged to its closed position by the spring i3of hinge 3 which alsoserves to hold the cover in its open position, indicated by the brokenline showing in Figs. 3.and 4. The full support for the cover initsclosed position and under the urge'of the spring [3 1s provided by theside shoulders H. These shoulders, in extending around the front portionof the box, terminate or mergeinto the immediate front portion [4 inharmony with the ornamentation H] which latter, by reason'of theinterruption of the shoulders, extends continuously from the well 8 tothe forward extremity of the body. Preferably the cover is slightlyspaced from the front sursurface, ornamentation on the boody when thecover. is raised to its open position. Furthermore, the continuous anduninterrupted ornamentation will serve to increase the size or dimensionof the display pattern as an entirety. The, effect of the body surfaceornamentation is carried out inthe cover by having both its interior andexterior surfaces entering into the display. This is permitted, withrespect to the interior wall surface ll, by reason of the outwardspacing of the same from the side walls 6 of the pad support, as shownin Fig. 4, by which the two box parts are held against surface contactexcept between the edges l2 and the shoulders H. Therefore, the interiorsurfaces of the cover may likewise b molded with an ornamentalconfiguration I 8 which willserve as a background to frame the jewelrywhen the box is open.

That dome portion of the cover which immediately overlies the kerf- I9,or other jewelry holder, on the jewelry pad may be lined with satin orother finishing material 20 to afford protection for the displayedarticle against becoming loose and contacting the molded cover. For thispurpose the dome is defined by a molded internal shoulder or rib 2| intowhich the finishing piece 20 may be suitably secured, as by the clampingring 22.

In order to increase the pedestaled effectiveness of the display, byreason of the elevated pad, the cover has its mounting hinge lowered toa level Well beneath the supported jewelry, as shown best in Figs. 1 and3, and because of this lowered pivotal mounting, which is concealed bythe elevated pad, it will be unnecessary to provide a special coveringfor the hinge.

The box incorporates beauty and simplicity in its molded design. Thesurface ornamentation is protected and prevented from wear and marring'and enables portions of the ornamentation being merged with the coverornamentation, when the box is closed without affecting the beauty whenthe jewelry is being displayed.

The molded ornamentation of the box extends over a large area thereof,both when the cover is in an open and closed position. This simplifiesthe manufacture of the box since it is only necessary to place the liner20 in the dome of the cover and the pillow or pad I in the underlyingwell 8 of the body. The beauty and appearance of the displayed jewelryor article is considerably enhanced by reason of the sloping of the pad,support downwardly and forwardly therefrom, and by reason of theflanking side shoulders I2 the elevated support is nestingly received bythe closed cover. The interior ornamentation of the. opened cover framesthe displayed article by affording a hooded or *canopied effect. Theinterior and exterior ornamentation of the cover enables the molding ofthe same to shell thickness, the forward edge of the cover being formedwith a lip 23 to provide a purchase for lifting the cover.

In Fig. 7, which illustrates a modified form of. thebox body, the sidewalls 6' of the elevated pad support are continued around the back ofthe well 8' so as to provide a back wall 24 at the base of which islocated the hinge receiving re-. cess The box constructed with this rearwall. 24 not only conceals the lowered box hinge. but

also enables the. design forming rim 25 of the.

we l to be carried continuously thereabout. For instance, this viewdepicts the upper margin 25. of the well asbeing heart shaped, and byreason of the continuity of the rim. of. the well, the design may be.carried out completely and in all its fullness. portray theornamentation intended. The framing rim 25. lies in a common plane andslopes downwardly toward the front so as to provide in effect an easelsupported frame for the pad when viewed from the front of the box. Thebase side shoulders H may extend around toward the hinge mounting 26 butthey will Iterminate short of the front of the box by merging into theornamentation Ill, which latter will be continuous from the forwardtipof the design to the extreme front end of the body withoutinterruption by any cover seat or shoulder.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the plastic box is formedentirely of two unitary components, namely the body and the cover.Further, it will be observed that the body is molded unitary throughoutwith the elevated jewelry support shaped on the base portionconcurrently and in a single molding step. For conserving on the amountof plastic material necessary for molding the body, the latter may beprovided with cavities 21. This will give to the body a shell-likeconstruction and tend toward economy in its manufacture.

While the foregoing description has been given in detail, the disclosureherein is merely illustrative of the inventive principles involved whichmay be applied to other physical embodiments without departing from thescope and spirit of the invention claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. An ornamental display box comprising a molded plastic body and a likeformed cover hinged thereto, the body formed with an elevated padsupport flanked on opposite sides by base shoulders for supporting themolded cover when closed, said shoulders extending toward and merginginto a sloping frontal portion, the front edge of the cover beingsupported off such frontal portion by the shoulders to facilitate itsengagement for lifting the cover.

2. A molded plastic box comprising a body and a cover therefor, the bodyformed with an elevated support for the article to be displayed, suchsupport having ornamented side walls extending downwardly therefrom andterminating in base shoulders for the cover to seat upon, the shouldersextending forwardly toward and being interrupted by an intermediatefront portion, the latter carrying ornamentation continuously from theforward edge of the elevated support to, the forward. edge of the. body,the forward edge of the cover being spaced above the continuousornamentation and shaped to provide a lip by which the cover may beraised.

3. A molded plastic box, comprising a bodyand a cover therefor, the bodyformed with an.elevated support for the article to be displayed, suchsupport having upright side walls extending downwardly therefrom andterminating in base shoulders for the cover to seat upon, the. shouldersextending around toward and being interrupted by an intermediate frontportion, the latter extending continuously from the forward edge of theelevated support to the forward edge of the body, the forward edge ofthe cover being supported, above the continuous front portion.

4. A molded box having a body and a hinged cover therefor, the bodyprovided with an arti-v cle displaying support elevated above the hingedmounting, and the cover fitting down over the elevated support andprovided with a lined dome immediately over. the support to protect thedisplayed article thereon, the interior molded surface of the coverabout the lined dome being exposed about the elevated support.

5. An ornamental display box comprising a molded plastic body and acover therefor, the body formed with an elevated pad support over whichthe cover closes and which is flanked on opposite sides by baseshoulders in a plane beneath the elevated pad support for supporting thecover when closed, and a display pad engaged with the support, saidshoulders extending. toward the front of the body and losing theiridentity in an intermediate front portionwhieh slopes downwardly towardthe front of the body from a point up within the closed cover to a pointdownwardly from and in advance of the closed cover with a. continuousgeneral slope uninterrupted. by said base. shoulders, the latter servingto support the front edge of the cover in overhanging relation to suchslope.

6., A jewelry box molded from plastic material and comprising a bodyhaving a base portion and an elevated article support upstandingtherefrom. between lateral base shoulders, the base portion having ahinge part behind the elevated support in a. lower. plane. than theupper margin thereof so as to be concealed thereby, said elevatedsupport being formed with a well to receive a jewelry supporting pad,said well being delineated thereabout by a design-forming rim which liesin a common plane and slopes downwardly in a forward direction towardthe plane of the lateral base shoulders, the slope of the rim beingcontinued generally in the front portion of the body forwardly of therim and between the lateral base shoulders, and a hollow cover pivotallymounted on the hinge part for folding down over and receiving theelevated support, the lateral base shoulders supporting the forward edgeof the cover off the sloping front portion of the body.

7. A jewelry box having a body with a base portion and an elevatedarticle support upstanding therefrom and formed with a well to receive ajewelry supporting pad, the rim of the well being substantiallycontinuous and extending across the rear portion of the body and slopingdownwardly therefrom towards the front of the body to provide in effecta forwardly inclined easel supported frame for the pad, a cover for thebody, means pivotally supporting the cover on the body behind the welland in a plane lower than the rear portion of the rim, the back wall ofthe well being substantially upright and said pivotal supporting meansbeing disposed in proximity thereto and at the base thereof in suchlower plane whereby when the cover is in lifted position the pivotalsupporting means will be concealed by the framing rim, the front portionof the body forwardly of the well continuing in the general slope of theframing rim to maintain the effect of the easel support for the rim.

8. A jewelry box molded from plastic material, comprising a unitary bodyhaving a base portion and an elevated article support upstandingtherefrom within the margins thereof to provide horizontal lateral baseshoulders, said unitary body also having a hinge part behind theelevated support in a lower plane than the upper margin thereof so as tobe concealed thereby and in a higher plane than the base shoulders, saidelevated support being formed with a well to receive a jewelrysupporting pad, said well having a substantially continuous rim lying ina common plane and sloping downwardly toward the front of the box andhaving its front portion adjacent the horizontal plane of the baseshoulders to frame the pad when viewed from the front of the box. and ahollow cover pivotally supported on the hinge part and closing down overthe elevated support onto the base shoulders, the side walls of thecover seating on the base shoulders and when the cover is liftedextending forwardly from the cover support at opposite sides of theframing rim.

JOHN R. DEAN.

